My day started slow. One of the good things is that most of the sales were local to my little town instead of my normal 25 to 30 miles one way to the bigger towns.
Pic 1: First sale advertised tools but not really any there. Picked up the Penzoil toy truck, 3 blue industrial shipping boxes and the ammo crate someone painted green unfortunately for $7 total.
The second sale looked real good in the pictures, lots of pictures of the shop full of stuff. Real life was much different, Harbor Freight and import stuff, very little USA. I only spent $2 for a pack of steel wool, small C-clamp and a brass wire brush.
I was beginning to think the day would be a bust because the 3rd sale did not have much in the pictures I was interested in.
Thankfully I was pleasantly surprised! Lot's of goodies hiding there and not many guys showed up for it. I was one of the first in the garage and started picking!
Pic 2, 3, 4: My favorite stuff is usually the Sears and Craftsman stuff for my collection so I was glad to get the Dunlap hatchet, Sears staples and drawer handle pulls, Craftsman easy-outs, masonry bits, nutdriver and my favorite, the Crown logo 9-4026 stainless steel combination rule!
I also picked up the Wright 3/8" drive socket set, Thorsen socket, Blachkhawk USA puller, vintage Crescent wrench with box and the Apex bit driver that still had 5 Apex bit's in the hollow handle!
Pic 5: l also picked up the vintage Waylett machete made in Sheffield England, vintage Lufkin Challenge Junior 50' tape measure with a leather wrapped case, Camillus Fisherman's Luck knife, 20 mule team model instructions and what are probably the most valuable things in the whole bunch, the Pactra paint kits from the 1950's! The one with the Boeing 707 is dated 1957 and is apparently scarce!
Pic 6: I also picked up a decently built small workbench with a Littlestown wood vise but my other pics didn't come out, here it is strapped to the roof of the Excursion LOL.
I paid $66 at this stop, nearly half was the workbench. That included $4 for various canned soups, chili and salsa, gotta get cheap food so I have more money for the next sale!
